The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763, Том 5William Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1802 |
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... soon conspicuous During all these important transactions , the allied army , commanded by the duke of Cumberland , performed no- thing , being overawed by the superior generalship of mareschal Saxe ibid . The French resolve to besiege ...
... soon conspicuous During all these important transactions , the allied army , commanded by the duke of Cumberland , performed no- thing , being overawed by the superior generalship of mareschal Saxe ibid . The French resolve to besiege ...
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... soon vanished into air , and this meteor of a moment disappeared with them . We have already seen in what manner the intrigues of the baron de Goertz were defeated by the seizure of the papers of Gyllemburg , the Swedish ambassador at ...
... soon vanished into air , and this meteor of a moment disappeared with them . We have already seen in what manner the intrigues of the baron de Goertz were defeated by the seizure of the papers of Gyllemburg , the Swedish ambassador at ...
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... soon recovered : and the Spa- niards made overtures for evacuating the The recovery of Sicily was followed by the sur- render of Sardinia . AUG . 11 . A. D. 1719 . island . In the meantime the duke of Berwick conducted a French In 6 ...
... soon recovered : and the Spa- niards made overtures for evacuating the The recovery of Sicily was followed by the sur- render of Sardinia . AUG . 11 . A. D. 1719 . island . In the meantime the duke of Berwick conducted a French In 6 ...
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... soon de- clared royal , and united with the Mississippi or West- India company , from whose commerce the greatest riches were expected , and which soon swallowed up all the other trading companies in the kingdom . It under- 3. Id . ibid ...
... soon de- clared royal , and united with the Mississippi or West- India company , from whose commerce the greatest riches were expected , and which soon swallowed up all the other trading companies in the kingdom . It under- 3. Id . ibid ...
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... soon received the sanction of an act of parliament . The purport of this act was , that the South - Sea company should be authorised to buy up , from the several proprietors , all the funded debts of the crown , which then bore an ...
... soon received the sanction of an act of parliament . The purport of this act was , that the South - Sea company should be authorised to buy up , from the several proprietors , all the funded debts of the crown , which then bore an ...
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accordingly admiral allies arms artillery attack attempt battalions battle Belleisle body Bohemia buccaneers Byng camp campaign cavalry Charles of Lorrain Charles VI commanded conduct confederates conquest consequence count defended dominions Don Philip duchies of Parma duchy duchy of Milan duke of Cumberland Dutch earl Egra elector emperor enemy engagement England English entered favour fleet force France garrison Great-Britain Hanover Highlanders honour house of Bourbon hundred ibid infantry joined king of Great-Britain king of Prussia king of Sardinia kingdom Lewis XV lord Lorrain Maillebois mareschal Daun mareschal Saxe master ministry Minorca nabob nation negociation neighbourhood Nova-Scotia obliged peace possession Prague pretender prince Charles prince of Conti province Prussian Prussian majesty queen of Hungary Rapin rebels regiments reinforced resolved retire retreat river Saxony ships siege Silesia Smollett soon South-Sea Spain Spaniards Spanish squadron success thousand tion took town treaty victory Vienna
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